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单词 Absolute refractive index
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Absolute refractive index

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Refractive index

A ray of light being refracted in a plastic block.
Refraction of a light ray.
Thomas Young coined the term index of refraction.
Diamonds have a very high refractive index of 2.42.

In optics, the refractive index or index of refraction n of a material is a dimensionless number that describes how light propagates through that medium. It is defined as

where c is the speed of light in vacuum and v is the phase velocity of light in the medium. For example, the refractive index of water is 1.333, meaning that light travels 1.333 times faster in a vacuum than it does in water.

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